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Buoyed by rapid growth for its online and mobile audiences, cable’s E! Entertainment Television plans to launch a free app for the iPhone and the Google Android phone this week. More apps, the downloadable programs that let cell phones access…
When online video news and review site Tilzy.TV said it would host a Web video upfront to bring together media buyers and the best digital studios in a matchmaking event in June, my first thought was, “It’s about time.” Not…
For the first two weeks of the May sweeps, CBS is the only broadcast television network posting year-over-year gains among total viewers. The network is also the only one to avoid any losses among adults 18-49, the demographic still led…
The Great Nielsen Meltdown of 2009 should come as no surprise to anyone who’s ever seen one of the company’s paper diaries. Until about a week ago, I actually had no clue just how the ratings giant collected data from…
Strong affiliate-fee growth from cable operators in the first quarter partly offset a drop in advertising sales at Scripps Networks Interactive, home of channels including HGTV and Food Network. The company’s net income fell to $60.1 million, or 37 cents…
The FCC has informed the Third Circuit Court of Appeals that it’s continuing to consider whether to change the newspaper and broadcast cross-ownership rules, Broadcasting & Cable reports. The continuing discussions were relayed in a letter asking the court not…
A&E Network will begin the fourth season of “Gene Simmons Family Jewels” on June 7, Multichannel News reports. The show will debut with Simmons’ daughter’s sweet 16 birthday party, which becomes something other than the low-key celebration she wanted, the…
Entravision said its first-quarter television sales declined 22% to $28.2 million, hurt by the recession and a slump in advertising, Broadcasting & Cable reports. The Santa Monica-based Spanish-language media company cut 10% of TV expenses during the quarter, the trade…
Diane Sawyer on Friday will interview face-transplant patient Connie Culp during “Good Morning America,” Broadcasting & Cable reports. Culp, who was shot in the face by her husband in 2004, will talk about her injury and her decision to get…
Lauren Holly has been cast in a Lifetime Movie Network film called “Too Late to Say Goodbye,” the Hollywood Reporter says. She’ll play the sister of a woman who finds out her husband, portrayed by Rob Lowe, has had an…